Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown